by Zach Shaw | Sep 10, 2012 | Touring
Yup, it’s been 20 years since the release of Countdown To Extinction. And just like how they celebrated the anniversary of Rust In Piece, Megadeth will be performing the entire 1992 album in its entirety on tour. Megadeth have actually started to perform...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 10, 2012 | Merchandising, New Music
On October 9, The Acacia Strain will release their new album Death Is The Only Mortal, also their first via Rise Records. Along with new music, one of the album’s bundle packages answers a question apparently some have asked before: what would the members of The...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 10, 2012 | Video
This past Friday night (September 7), the fourth annual Metal Masters clinic took place at The Gramercy in NYC. Featured “metal masters” included Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Down’s (ex-Pantera) Philip...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 10, 2012 | Touring
When Lamb Of God announced plans to tour this fall and winter with In Flames, Hatebreed and Hellyeah, it confirmed one sad fact: that their originally planned tour with Dethklok wasn’t going to be rescheduled. Well, fans have no need to feel blue, since the live...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 7, 2012 | Festivals
This year’s California Metalfest was already shaping up to be a killer festival. Along with headliners Killswitch Engage, the festival’s sixth edition is boasting a lineup featuring As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Veil Brides,...